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February 2020 Agent Pitch Event
Friday, February 21, 2020 to Saturday, February 29, 2020
Category: Events
February 2020 Agent Pitch EventRegistration for this event has passed.Agent Pitch Event dates: Friday, February 21 - Saturday, February 29, 2020 (see timeline for posting pitches below) Members can pitch one unpublished (and never self-published), completed, polished women’s fiction (see below) manuscript, and within one week, agents reply to the posts they would like to pursue. This is a free, members-only event, but to give the agents a chance to focus on each pitch, the event is capped at a limited number of registrants. See information below to prepare yourself to be eligible. Important! WFWA's definition of women's fiction is novels that have, at their core, a plot driven by the main character's emotional journey. They may belong to one or more subgenres, including romance, historical, suspense, #ownvoices, mystery, Southern, science fiction, or many others. Pitch Event elements
Schedule of activities leading up to the review of pitches by the agentsWednesday, January 29 - Saturday, February 1: Participants post their pitches in the online forum; all pitches must be posted by midnight EST on February 1, 2020. Monday, February 3 - Friday, February 14: Volunteer committee members review pitches to ensure they meet program guidelines and that the protagonist’s emotional journey is clear in the pitch. Those members whose pitches don’t adhere to program guidelines will be contacted and given twenty-four hours to make the corrections needed. Friday, February 21 - Saturday, February 29: Agents review pitches in the forum and request additional materials for those manuscripts that are of interest to them. How participants are selectedThis event is capped at 100 participants. To facilitate as many of our members as possible in pitching their manuscripts to agents, slots for this event will be assigned in the order below. Only members who have participated in a recent Prepare Your Pitch event are eligible for Agent Pitch Events.
For each of the groups above, if we have more registrants than availability, a lottery approach will be used. Click here to read more about why we chose to move to a lottery approach and details on how it will work. Special Notes
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